The Turntracker (Labyrinth Lord™)

The Turntracker

Every referee knows: There’s nothing players like better than when you forget inconvenient details. Your average player writes “Torch” on his character sheet one time, at start of play, and never thinks about it again. Meanwhile, they’ll tell you how they search every inch of the evil temple chamber, including density assays on the gold dagger and checking the legs of every pew for hollows. You know you should roll for wandering monsters, but how many times? And mandatory rest periods — remember those? Who can keep track of it all?

Well, you can, because now you can get Faster Monkey’s simple yet brilliant TURNTRACKER game aid. Download the PDF for less than the price of a latte, print it once on sturdy cardstock, and use it forever. Tick away the turns with ease and watch those light sources burn out, PCs succumb to fatigue, and monsters come looking for the adventurer buffet. It’s all at your fingertips, and those sneaky players will never get away with their hijinks again. Available in both Labyrinth Lord™ and OSRIC™ versions, to suit your choice of old-school style.

This handsomely illustrated device will allow you (the DM) to carefully track resources such as torches and lanterns, spell durations, and wandering monster rolls with simplicity. This tracker works for B/X D&D as well. Elegant yet powerful. I stro [...]

A very handy little tool. Basically a small wheel disc that revolves atop a larger wheel disc. The larger wheel disc has sections on it pertaining to the length of time it takes for torches and lanterns (items which up to now have been flagrantly abuse [...]

What a great idea! This product consists of a dial that you rotate to track the passage of time in your game. At various points around the wheel icons indicate when torches expire and random monster checks are due. My only gripe is that they should hav [...]

The Turntracker is a brilliant little contraption that I wish I had thought up! Turn tracking has always been a chore and my players tend to get away with having a single torch for weeks and weeks. A great little product that will be indispensable at [...]

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